Unemployment decreased 2,000 to 705,100. The number of unemployed persons looking for full-time work increased 700 to 494,300 and the number of unemployed persons only looking for part-time work decreased 2,700 to 210,800.

Unemployment rate remained steady at 5.6%.

Participation rate remained steady at 64.4%.

Monthly hours worked in all jobs increased 14.3 million hours to 1674.8 million hours.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE

Release Date

November 2016

15 December 2016

December 2016

19 January 2017

January 2017

16 February 2017

February 2017

16 March 2017

March 2017

13 April 2017

April 2017

18 May 2017

REVIEW OF INCOMING ROTATION GROUPS

Last month the ABS observed that the incoming rotation group was considerably different to the rest of the Queensland sample and its influence was reduced as part of the estimation process.

The ABS has further reviewed the treatment of September's incoming rotation group in Queensland and confirmed that the characteristics observed in September are relatively consistent with those observed in October, suggesting that last month's data were representative of the new group. Its influence has therefore been restored, resulting in revisions to September estimates for Queensland and (to a lesser extent) Australia.

QUARTERLY REBENCHMARKING

Every quarter, Labour Force population benchmarks are updated to align with the latest available Estimated Resident Population series. To enable users to assess the impact of the rebenchmarking, the ABS publishes rebenchmarked Labour Force estimates one week prior to Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0), within Labour Force, Australia - Rebenchmarked Estimates (cat. no. 6202.0.55.003), the next issue of which will be released on 8 December 2016. These rebenchmarked estimates are produced for information only, and should not be considered a replacement for the estimates in Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0).

SAMPLING ERROR

The estimates in this publication are based on a sample survey. Published estimates and movements are subject to sampling variability. Standard errors give a measure of sampling variability. The interval bounded by two standard errors is the 95% confidence interval, which provides a way of looking at the variability inherent in estimates. There is a 95% chance that the true value of the estimate lies within that interval.

MOVEMENTS IN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2016 AND OCTOBER 2016

Monthly change

95% Confidence interval

Total Employment

9 800

-48 600

to

68 200

Total Unemployment

-2 000

-38 600

to

34 600

Unemployment rate

0.0 pts

-0.4 pts

to

0.4 pts

Participation rate

0.0 pts

-0.4 pts

to

0.4 pts

INQUIRIES

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